Swinging auxiliary barber&#39;s rest



S. C. BUTZ SWINGING AUXILIARY BARBERS REST May 6, 1952 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed Jan. 11, 1946 r M m V P 5 raw/151v 6. 5072 Patented May 6, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SWINGING AUXILIARY BARBER/S REST Stephen C. Butz, Zion, Ill. Application January 11, 1946, Serial No. 640,404

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in barbers chairs, and more particularly to an auxiliary seat adapted for attaching to the chair and on which the barber may be seated while working on a customer occupying the chair whereby to relieve the barber of the strain and discomfort of continually standing while performing his work.

An important object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary seat of this character embodying means for swinging the seat independently of the rotation of the barber's chair so that the barber, when occupying the auxiliary seat, may move himself into a position at either side of or behind the customer.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an attachment of this character of simple and practical construction which is strong and durable, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and attach in position to a conventional form of barbers chair without necessitating any material changes or alterations therein and which otherwise is well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a side elevational View with parts broken away and shown in section,

Figure 2 is a top plan view, also with parts broken away and shown in section,

Figure 3 is an enlarged, vertical sectional view of the tubular post and catch for supporting the seat in vertically adjusted position,

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of the pivoted plate for mounting the seat,

Figure 5 is an end elevational view thereof,

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the catch for securing the auxiliary seat in raised position,

Figure 7 is a side elevational view thereof, and

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the post for rotatably supporting the seat.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, where in, for the purpose of illustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a barbers chair of conventional construction, to the underside of the seat of which is secured a horizontal plate 6 by means of bolts or the like I.

The plate 6 includes an extension 8 through which a vertical bolt 9 is inserted with a nut Ii] threaded on the upper end of the bolt, the lower end of the bolt being provided with a head ll engaging a lower cap l2 for securing a ball bearing assembly I 3 in the lower end of a vertical disposed hub |4 mounted for rotation on the bolt 9 A ball bearing assembly [5 is also positioned in the upper end of the hub I4 and is mounted on the bolt 9 beneath the extension 8 of the attaching plate.

An arm I6 extends horizontally from the hub It and is formed at its outer end with an upstanding tube ll forming a post in which a pin I8 is rotatably mounted, the pin being formed with vertically spaced, annular grooves l9 having beveled lower edges 20, and in which a springactuated, pivoted dog 2| carried by the post I 1 is engaged to secure the pin I8 in vertically adjusted position in the post,

The upper portion of the pin I8 is formed with a pair of horizontally extending, spaced, parallel ears 22 between which one end of an arm 23 is pivotally mounted, the outer end of the arm carrying a padded auxiliary seat 25 into which said arm 23 is suitably extended and which is secured to said arm by a plate 24 and bolts 26 securing said plate to the bottom of said seat.

The auxiliary seat 25 is swingable downwardly into a folded position, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawing, when the auxiliary seat is not in use, and the auxiliary seat is secured in its raised or horizontal position by means of a catch or hook 21 pivoted on the arm 23 and including a bill portion 23 adapted for engagement behind a flange 29 on the upper end of the pin I8.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that by reason of the rotatable mounting of the hub I 4 on the bolt 9 under the seat of the barber's chair that the auxiliary seat 25 may swing from side to side behind the barbers chair so that a barber, when occupying the seat 25, may move himself into a position at either side of or behind a customer occupying the barbers chair.

Likewise the seat 25 may swing horizontally in the post I! independently of the horizontal swinging of the arm [6 and the auxiliary seat is vertically adjustable in the post I! by means of the grooves in the pin l8 engageable by the dog 2|.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in 3 this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention that the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

An auxiliary seat attachment for a barbers chair comprising an arm, means pivotally connecting one end of said arm to said chair for horizontal swinging movement, a hollow post supported by and upstanding from the other end of said arm. a rotatable pin in said post vertically adjustable to dispose its upper end at different distances above the post, coacting devices on said post and pin, respectively, for holding said pin in different adjusted positions, while permitting rotation thereof, a seat supporting arm hinged at one end to the upper end of said pin and extending laterally therefrom for swinging upwardly and downwardly, respectively, a seat on said seat supporting arm offset from said pin,

means on said seat supporting arm and the upper end of said pin for releasably holding said seat supporting arm in upswung position.

STEPHEN C'. BUTZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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